Improved washing-machine



G.N'.BO LLES WASHING MACHINE. I

' No. 4 ,175. Patented Jan. 31, 1865.

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OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO S. W.

WALKER & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

' S1 ecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,175, dated January 31, 1865.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Gnoncn N. BOLLES, of Kalamazoo,-in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and Improved Clothes-Washing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure lis a vertical section of my invention, taken in'the linemavFig. 2; Fig.2, a plan or top view of thesanie, with the follower removed. I

' Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. p

This invention relates to a new and improved clothes-washing machine of that class in which an ordinary wash-tub is employed with a follower. The object of the invention is to obtain a washingmachine of the class specified, which may be operated with greater facility than hitherto and perform the desired work expeditiouslyaiul in a perfect manner.

A represents a framing, which may be of rectangular formand has a shaft, B, fitted vertioallyinit, said shaft having abevel-wheel,

O, on its upper part, into which a corresponding wheel, 1), gears, the latter being on the 'inner end of a horizontal driving-shaft, E,

which is provided with a lever, -F,-at its outer latter at one end being framed centrally into a bar, K, which is attached by hinges c to the upper part of the framing A. The-opposite end of the bar J is, when the machine is in use, held down in a horizontal position by a catch or fastening composed of an elastic u right bar, L, having a recess, (1, in it. (Shown clearlyliu Fig'l.)v

From the above description it will be seen that by moving the lever F first in one direction and then inthe other that the tub G will rotate to the right and left, and the clothes which are placed under the follower in the tub will be subjected to a requisite friction and pressure to insure them being thoroughly.

washed, the follower being held slanting or prevented from turning and allowed torise' freely, in order to accommodate itself to the.

clothes in the tub.

In order to place the clothes in the tub and remove them, the bar.- J is released from the catch or fastening L and said our turned upward, so that the follower H will be entirelyout from the tub. v

"This arrangement is exceedingl y simple and eflicient, and may be operated with far greater facility than by the old plan of moving or turn 'ing the follower by hand and with less dangerof injuring the clothes.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The rotating or reciprocating rotating tub G, in combination with the self adjusting or rising and falling follower H, the guide bar J on the framing A, uprights I on the follower H,

hinged-bar K, and catch-bar .L, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEO. N. BOLLES. Witnesses:

WM. MACK, ELI$HA LANDON. 

